Gateway for VPN use
Simon0362 | 22/01/2021 21:59:13 |
279 forum posts 91 photos | Hi All, I am hoping that the collective wisdom on the forum will be able to aid me towards my goal of having a gateway between some of my network components in the house and my VPS running OpenVPN based in the UK. I think I need to have a RPi or something similar to run OpenVPN and connect to the VPS as I have other equipment doing directly (e.g. iPads) on one side and have a router like connection on the other side. However I am at the limit (beyond the limit?) of my knowledge, especially on RPis. Most of the equipment I want to connect through the VPS are unable to run OpenVPN clients or even install them, hence the logic in taking the VPN access one step closer to the VPS. I am emphatically not looking to do an R&D project here, anything available off the shelf will also be of great interest. Equally if I can connect a set of existing components or follow someone else's route I would be happy to do that - but I am lacking in the initial knowledge and ideas where to look. Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions! Simon |
Peter Spink | 22/01/2021 23:12:47 |
![]() 126 forum posts 48 photos | I've been running a Pi with Open VPN for a couple of years. Got all my info from here: **LINK**
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Simon0362 | 23/01/2021 08:12:16 |
279 forum posts 91 photos | Peter, thank you, I think that this is what I need. Just need to get my head around the details and find a Rpi. |
Simon0362 | 02/02/2021 21:53:35 |
279 forum posts 91 photos | Peter, I now have an Apple TV operating behind a headless Raspberry Pi operating as a VPN client - a very successful, if rather steep learning curve first dip into Linux. The links were helpful but not exactly what I needed, they gave me the vocabulary to search for the eventual solution. For the benefit of anyone else searching, the two key links were: which helped me to install and setup the RPi and: which helped setup the critical routing, firewall and NAT settings. Regards, Simon |
Peter Spink | 02/02/2021 22:54:46 |
![]() 126 forum posts 48 photos | Great stuff, glad you're sorted! |
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